VOCIFERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vociferate mean? 

• VOCIFERATE (verb)
  The verb VOCIFERATE has 1 sense:

1. utter in a very loud voice

  Familiarity information: VOCIFERATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOCIFERATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vociferate    ... he / she / it vociferates   
Past simple: vociferated   
Past participle: vociferated   
-ing form: vociferating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter in a very loud voice

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

shout out; vociferate

Context example:

They vociferated their demands

Hypernyms (to "vociferate" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vociferator (a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest))

 Context examples 

He was doing it now, vociferating, bellowing, waving his arms, and cursing like a fiend, and all because of a disagreement with another hunter as to whether a seal pup knew instinctively how to swim.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)